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GEORGE Oor-responding lette dented itir @acepta nf `'w1rsI L`,-ffor' PHLADELPHIA, rnNNsrLvANm Y, Assicnon To nrMsnLrsAND rHoMAs L. Barns, or saMnarLAcn,

` i Letterracnt N6; loaclauazeaf July 19,' 1ero.

'.l'he` Schedine referred in these Letters vatent and making pa'rt of the'same partof -this specification, in which- `Figure 1 s a plan'view of my improved washingmachine, showing the gearing, by-"which the agitating rollers are driventhe Idevices. for :holding it in position, and 'the corrugated-` metalv disk` upon which .t-heclothesrest while being 'vvashed.`

Figure 2 is a vcrtidal` sectional elevation, showing -the parts of the machine in position' for operation,

'and the manner ot' constructingthesamc.

igure 3 -is aA sectional elevation of the metal Adisk above alluded to. l, i

rs refer to corresponding partsj in the several gures. c l Inj washing-machines, asheretofbre usually'constructed, great injuryhas been done `to thel articles which are placed therein 'for the purpose of being lwashed o'r cleansed, in 'consequence-of the fact that they rhave been .subjected to rubbing-surfaces, orto 'the action of dash'ers'or sounders, which has ,had the effect to subjectv such articles to unnecessary wear and damage, which, in some ofV the machinesreferred to, have been so great as to prohibit thel use of such machines. i

The object of this4 invention is to provide a machine which shall. readily and' thoroughly'cleanse clothingot' ordinary description vwithout subjecting it `to eithertheruhbing'-or pounding'process, orfto any other which is calculated to deteriorate the same; I

andtothisend It consists in the construction, combination, and ar. rangement of'its parts, as will be more fully explained Y A, in the drawing, refers `to a tub, jwhichgmay he .of any desired height and diameter, it having a. strong bottom for'- the supportof avertie-al shaft,to

which theagitating rol1ers,soon to 4be described, are

attacheihitfbeing also provided witlrthe necessary hoops to heep the parts in position. A refers to a bridge-tree, which extends vacross the tub at'its upper e nd,`and.l islfsecnred to the" same 4in .any suitable manner, itbeing., used for the support of the gearing, as shown in figskl and 2.

" Those portions ofthe upperVv end of thetubnot` covered by the bridg'eLtree above alluded' to are cov'- eredby lids o1-'covers' A2-A2, which are 'so arranged as to iill the spaces `on each side of said. bridge-tif ee,

' and'to be easilyremovablefor thev placing 'in or 're `moving from the-tub "of thel articles to" Ice washed,-

the shaft B revolves.

and-at the same time-prevent the water Onsnds from 'being forced over the top of said tub.-

B refers to ahorizoutalshaft, .which has itsbearingsin a box B, whileupon its 'outer end there Vi's fixed acrank, B1, with which to' turn it, and thus give motion to a gear-.wheeLB upon its inner end, which communicates its motion to the vertical shaft C.

B4 refers to a pillow-block, which is secured to the bridge-tree A, and which supports the box B,in which G refers to a vertical shaft, the lower end of which v.rest-s and turns in a step, C", which is `vfixed to the bottoni of the tub, while its 4upper end 'hasits bearings'in4 the bridge-'tree A1. l

Upon the upper end of this shaft there, is a bevel pinion, O, which is so arranged as to mesh"jilito of which it receives itsV rotary motion.

D D refer to conical rollers, whichare securedupon and be driven bythe wheel. B2, through and .bymeans 4shafts D'D', but so as to revolve freely thereon, said :shafts being attachedto the vertical shaft C at such a distance 4from its lowerv end that the base or largest portion of the; rollers, when in position, ,wilt just be 'clear fromthe bottom of the tub, in order that vthey may perform vtheir'rotations 'with vthe shaft, G-'without' coming-'in contac't with said-bottom or any other por tion of the-tub. i,

. E refers to a1diskof metal, the formof which is clearlyV shown in the drawing, butwhich, if preferred,

may he a plain dat disk, having in it ja seriesxof perforations such as are; shown in the drawing. I prefer, however,`to construct this-disk of the form shown in iig.` 3, where it is vshown'as having portionsiof its snrface raised,`andl p'rovided withv lelongatedslots forthe passage,` of the water. or suds 'to and `lamong the clofthes.

This disk rests upona ledge orprojection formed i upon theinteriorsurfaceof the tub, it 4being at such a distance from the bottom thereof as to allow the rollers D to rotate without -comingin contact witlit; under surface.'

TheV operation-ofv this machine is as follows;

vThe parts having been constructed and arranged as shown and described; the sections Az ofthe cover, or one of them, are `for iis removed, and a qnantity'ot' water suicient'to cover, or about cover, the rollers D D, is placed in thev tub,.toge ther with asufficient quantity of soap' to make a strong-suds, when the disk E is to be placed in its position, asv shown in iig. 2, and

to rotate rapidly by means of power applied to the 4cran-k'B, which willcanse a commotion of the water,

which will causea'siids to. be formed, whichfwill be -foroedz'up through the aperturesin the disk, and

E and rollers D, substont-iziiiy as and furthe purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to `this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEO. L. WITSIL. Witnesses:

A.. CAsKlE, W. BBQWN. 

